Just got an email from Ford for a free battery checkup!

[HeyBales]

Funny you say this because some days when I take a lunch break, I'll just go out to the truck, turn the ignition on (not start it), put all windows down, have the radio on and then turn it off and wait until the radio turns off and click the key and repeat 3-4 times during lunch.
Then I'll put the windows up without starting and later I start it when I head home it starts with no problems

If you click to On, it'll charge the battery just as much as any driving would cause.
Which isn't much or enough - but better than draining it.

You might, might, get a slightly larger FLA under warranty if current one goes bad.
But you may be months with subpar performance with battery saver enabled before that happens.
Unless you spend your own money on AGM of course.

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[Cougar70]

You won't get an AGM under warranty. So don't do it.

Hopefully they started you off on the right foot though by fully charging the battery, even if they didn't maintain it the entire wait time.
Considering how many prep's fail to set correct tire pressure, or other items besides cleaning and shining the tires - I'd be doubtful.

Battery has a sticker on it for when it was made.
Door jamb has the date of general mfg on sticker too.

Was that email from the Dealer, or Ford - there is a difference on many levels?

After winter is a normal good time to check the battery - so either could be sending that out to all customers.
Or Ford is seeing in their stats from truck, a battery level starting lower than expected for what it knows is a recently sold truck.

If you don't have a maintainer, and their free check includes charging it up - do it.
Then follow the instructions in the manual for when a battery is charged up, that night.

The email was from Ford, not the dealer.
I looked for a sticker on the battery but I didn't take the battery out. I'm sure it's the original battery, with a whopping 390 CCA!

As for a maintainer, not easy for me since I don't have a garage and would rather not have a maintainer and extension cord in the driveway.
I did get a jump starter and have that in the truck just in case.
I also have a charger if needed.

 

[cannon]

I had my battery replaced with the AGM under recall today. Glad I was able to wait and get a German made one as opposed to the Chinese ones we'd been seeing prior to the recall.

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